Brain, Vol. 126, No. 10, 2333-2334,
October 2003
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doi: 10.1093/brain/awg255
Book Review |
BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY, 4TH EDITION
Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK
BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY, 4TH EDITION
By Jonathan H. Pincus and Gary J. Tucker
2002. New York: Oxford University Press
Price £24.95. ISBN 0-19-513782-5.
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The first edition of this book was published nearly 40 years ago in 1974. Along with subsequent editions in 1978 and 1985, this well-established text has been prominent in delineating the complex relationship between the brain and behaviour. This new paperback edition is long overdue, with both psychiatry and neurology having made significant advances over the last 15 years.
The fourth edition begins with a respectable, updated chapter on epilepsy. Complex partial seizures of both temporal and extra-temporal origin rightfully receive particular attention, in view of the evident diagnostic difficulties. The evidence